World War II ‘rumor clinics’ helped America battle wild gossip ~humanities.history Article 1944 words 7 votes
Finnish sauna that was gifted to the UK after the 1948 Olympic Games has been granted Grade II-listed status ~design architecture Article 523 words 4 votes
Early on-demand music streaming required lots of nickels ~tech Article 1033 words, published Nov 10 2021 2 votes
Campaigners seek listed status for Finnish sauna from 1948 Olympics – wooden hut is Britain's oldest operating sauna and ‘hugely important’ piece of sporting history ~design architecture Article 738 words 9 votes
Monica de Wichfeld awarded Blue plaque honour in Derrylin, Northern Ireland – was a leading member of the Danish resistance against Nazi occupation in World War II ~humanities.history Article 463 words 10 votes
How the Blitz enhanced London’s economy (2018) ~design urban planning architecture Article 936 words, published Jun 25 2018 6 votes
Wreckage likely belonging to a British submarine that sank during World War II was found off the coast of Norway ~humanities.history Article 403 words 13 votes
A replica of a boat that carried Danish Jews to safety in Sweden anchors an exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC ~humanities.history Article 1424 words 12 votes
IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation ~books Article 3926 words 32 votes
Gilleleje remembers one of the greatest collective acts of resistance of World War II – its role in the flight and escape of over 7,000 Danish Jews ~humanities.history Article 1474 words 9 votes
Moe Berg was a US baseball player-turned-spy who went undercover to assassinate the Nazis’ top nuclear scientist ~humanities.history Article 2166 words 21 votes
The blue flash: How a careless slip led to a fatal accident in the Manhattan Project ~science physics Article 1375 words 43 votes
'Oppenheimer' brings painful memories of nuclear testing radiation exposure for New Mexico Native Americans and Hispanics ~movies Article 607 words 25 votes
The campaign in the desert of North Africa in 1940-1943 mapped ~humanities.history Video 21:02 7 votes
Why 95% of Denmark's Jews survived the Holocaust ~humanities.history Video 11:05, published May 17 2023 6 votes
Crippling Hitler's navy – the battle that knocked out 50% of the Kriegsmarine's destroyers in Norway ~humanities.history Video 11:42, published Dec 25 2022 4 votes
Early on-demand music streaming required lots of nickels - In the Pacific Northwest 70-plus years ago, a telephone-based jukebox connected callers to their favorite tunes ~music Article 1033 words 3 votes
Shostakovich's symphony played by a starving orchestra (7th, "Leningrad") ~music classical Article 1438 words, published Jan 2 2016 5 votes
Battle of Drøbak Sound, 1940 - "Either I will be decorated or court martialed. Fire!" ~humanities.history Video 7:46 6 votes
The legendary Commando raid at St. Nazaire | The greatest raid of all time ~humanities.history Video 58:25, published Apr 22 2021 4 votes
The Polish doctors who used science to outwit the Nazis ~humanities.history Article 7684 words, published Aug 14 2017 8 votes
The USAAF intercepts and shoots down Admiral Yamamoto, 1943 - Animated ~humanities.history Video 8:29 4 votes
Andra Day - Music from the Motion Picture 'The United States Vs. Billie Holiday' (2021) ~music jazz Video 3:36, published Jan 12 2021 2 votes
A Capital Plan - National Film Board documentary from 1949 on Ottawa, Canada ~humanities.history Video 10:52 6 votes
How New York City vaccinated six million people in less than a month ~humanities.history Article 2222 words 8 votes
Marine archaeologists catch a break on the bottom of the Baltic Sea: A 75-year-old Enigma machine ~humanities.history Article 374 words 12 votes
"Brilliant" plans to win WW2: How France planned to win the war against Nazi Germany ~humanities.history Video 7:23, published May 12 2017 7 votes
Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers - Jumpin' Jive (1943) ~music jazz Video 4:48, published Jul 31 2006 3 votes
Black troops were welcome in Britain, but Jim Crow wasn’t: The race riot of one night in June 1943 ~humanities.history Article 1196 words, published Jun 22 2018 15 votes
Two feet from Clearwater's past, father's funny legacy leaves a deep impression ~life Article 1150 words 5 votes
The bombing and the breakthrough: How a chemical weapons disaster in World War II led to a US cover-up - and a new cancer treatment ~humanities.history Article 6782 words 11 votes
At the 1948 Olympics in bombed-out London, a Dutch track star named Fanny Blankers-Koen forever changed women's sports ~sports Article 2044 words 5 votes
Comparison of a Martin D28 guitar from 1942 and a similar D28 from 2019 ~music Video 6:55, published Feb 26 2019 2 votes
Woody Guthrie - Tear the Fascists Down (1944) ~music country folk Video 2:24, published Jan 14 2010 15 votes
Burying the Nakba: How Israel systematically hides evidence of 1948 expulsion of Arabs ~humanities.history Link 14 votes